Over the course of seven months, from last September into March of this year, more than 160 librarians, booksellers and design and editorial experts were tasked with judging the titles submitted to the 32nd annual Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award program. The results are in, and the second edition of Great Storms of the Jersey Shore has been named best regional book in the country.
The hardcover – an expanded reissue published by Down The Shore Publishing in conjunction with The SandPaper, and…
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